The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-01-15
SE'1rE NEH9S.

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to acconnb for collections for the
} quarter ending December 81.
a Acedia Sentinel: The weather
the lore par Of this eek has been
IN marked contrast i,h that OF the
preceding" @ee6--lh it as spring
iiEe, nov i: is rain, cold, indy.
a'd seuera|lg disagree able.
Anlte City independent: .1e
weather this week las baen rar,
nnfNyoraGle for Ill lines 0. aor'-.
There Was rain, slcet IN. ~nor
Tuesday night, but nc mt ,il of il
was 70 bc seen in the morning.
| st. Landry Democrat: The rs5t
year was an unusually good one TO-
large crops of cotton, corn an, ric~
IN this section; 1ut the comoIsin>
sulI prevails that times arr h.rd r
than ever and growing more SO.
Lake Charles Echo: iEBres
We are having some e2teemely col,
weather loy this section. Las t-on.
day the thermometer registered 10
below the freezing point, enc tn
balance of the week has been Ger.
respondingly cold.
| OpeIonsas Courier: Our II .a+srs
:arc busy looking for laborers for
another year. As usuaI. there are
many changes of homes on tao farm,
IN some cases the farmers wishing
to change their hands for better ones.
ana again some of the co|orel peo.
pie desiring to get more wages nd
better ones.
Lake Charles Commercial: Work
on the artesian we'll is still going
on. 1t has reached a depth of $50
feet, $50 of which was through
qu'ok sand ana the balance clay.
Water IS plentiful. but not satisfac-
tory. We are informed that there
gas a heavy fell of sne at Dry
Creek, in the northern par, of this
parish last Tuesda. night.
Pointe Coupee Banner: We have
had plenty Of rain for the past eek,
and on Tuesday night there eas a
little snow and considerable slcet
since then it has been very cold.
We hear of considerable molin6 to
Bayou Fordoche by the co!ored
people from the upper portion Of the
parish, and 1t is rumored tina. som
OF our prominent planters have an-
aounced Their intention of locatipc
lhere also.
lbervil'e South: Two oE our most
en'erprls'ng citizens, Messrs. S.
Hiriart and James l.. Baker, have
undertaken the important lob of
removing the RATS which have en-.
cumbered, and, in fact. prevented
navigation in the river for the last
twenty-five years. The government
will learn with surprise that the
work will not cost these gentlemen
over six hundred dollars, although
scientific engineers had figured the
cost at over $l0c, 600.
St. MartinsviIle Messenger: We
are informed that several laborers
who made cane crops last year Will
abandon the cane culture and plant
cotton the coming season. The la
oorers do not like the present sys-
sem Of the owners of large planta.
ions, to make cane at fifty per cent.
'er ton for every cent the sugar sill
'e worth, that is, if sugar sells at 4
;ents per pound the cane will be
worth two dollars ton, Which they
consider too uncertain.
Houma Courier: Sugar at 4
ents per pound is not a profitable
'nsiness when it costs % per cent.
f what is made to pay commission
nerciants and railroad mcnopolies
)r their gracious favors." Nothing
an be made planting sugar when
ne is compelled to borrow money
make crop at Is per cent. inter
st and then pay 10 per cent. of tho
ield for mere transportation to
'arket. 1t is said that the sugar
rop Of both Assumption and La
'urche is very short this year, and
any planters will abandon sugar
y account OF it. The enterprising
habl'ants along Bayou Terrehonnc,
ON Shriever to Thihodanx, have
oencd that bayou for drainage and